Archive: 26 November 2000
38 articles found
Sun, 26 Nov 2000, 00:00 WIB
A stroll in leisurely Malang, with history on every corner
A stroll in leisurely Malang, with history on every corner By Simon Marcus Gower MALANG, East Java (JP): Entering Malang from north of the city one is greeted by a familiar smell. It is a common smell in the country, yet to have it hanging in the air over a whole area of a city is unusual. It is the cloying fragrance of kretek cigarettes. The reason becomes clear as one espies the first of many signs and advertisements for famous cigarette brands.
Sun, 26 Nov 2000, 00:00 WIB
Letcher, Hsieh win int'l junior c'ships
Letcher, Hsieh win int'l junior c'ships JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian sole survivor in the boy's singles Al Imron lost his dream of winning his first international title after bowing out to Clint Letcher of Australia 1-6, 1-6 in the 2000 Nabisco International Junior Championships final at the Senayan tennis complex on Saturday. In the girl's final, Hsieh Su-wei of Chinese Taipei rebounded after much pressure to beat Australian Tiffany Welford 2-6, 6-1, 6-2.
Sun, 26 Nov 2000, 00:00 WIB
U2 launches retrospective album
U2 launches retrospective album By Hera Diani JAKARTA (JP): When a band which has succeeded in staying together for two decades and is universally regarded as one of the world's uber rock 'n' roll groups releases a new album, expectations are high. Listening to their latest album, the group's 10th studio album, it becomes clear that the album's title, All That You Can't Leave Behind, is really appropriate.
Sun, 26 Nov 2000, 00:00 WIB
Africa a huge market for RI
Africa a huge market for RI My last letter to The Jakarta Post, titled Goodbye Indonesia, was published on Feb. 22, 1998. Thanks to God that two years later I am still able to write, which I think bears testimony to my sweet memory of the Post. But I am quite aware that many of the Post's readers have missed me as well as my regular letters. Physically, I disappeared. Spiritually, I am still with the Post, the readers, and my fellow writers, especially, D.
Sun, 26 Nov 2000, 00:00 WIB
TV today
TV today TVRI 6:00 a.m. Morning News 8:00 Cartoon 9:00 Children's Program 10:00 Music 11:00 TV Series: Dos Mujeres 12:00 p.m. Comedy 1:00 TV Drama 2:00 News 3:00 Sports 4:00 News 4:30 Religious Teachings 5:00 Travel 5:30 TVRI News 6:00 Music 7:00 Evening News 7:30 Music 9:00 News 9:30 Music 10:30 Performance Program 2 5:30 p.m. News 6:00 Music 7:00 Evening News 7:30 TV Drama 8:00 City News 8:30 Documentary TPI 5:30 a.m.
Sun, 26 Nov 2000, 00:00 WIB
Fasting while in economic hardship
Fasting while in economic hardship JAKARTA (JP): The fasting month of Ramadhan is here again and Muslims are welcoming it with joy. Most Indonesians see the Muslim holy month as a time when social conditions and solidarity change for the better. However, in general it depends on how you see it. To the average person, the coming of Ramadhan is marked by the onslaught of old women from rural areas hitting Jakarta's streets to beg.
Sun, 26 Nov 2000, 00:00 WIB
Clearly tasty broths from a kitchen in Central Java
Clearly tasty broths from a kitchen in Central Java JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian broth of soto is cooked up in distinct versions around the country, from Makassar to Madura. Eaten with rice, the broth, usually with meat and vegetables, is a meal in itself. These recipes are from Central Java.
Sun, 26 Nov 2000, 00:00 WIB
China assures ASEAN WTO membership not a threat
China assures ASEAN WTO membership not a threat SINGAPORE (AP): Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji assured his Southeast Asian counterparts Saturday that China's entry into the World Trade Organization won't threaten their economies. "China's accession to the WTO means a bigger market and more business opportunities to ASEAN countries," Zhu said in a speech at a two-day summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
Sun, 26 Nov 2000, 00:00 WIB
Agenda
Agenda Painting Exhibition Refleksi Seni II, Warna-Warna Ekspressi, Reflection of Art II, Colors of Expression, at Darga Gallery, Komplek Sanur Raya 20-21, Jl. By Pass Ngurah Rai, Denpasar, Bali, through Dec. 1. Warna-Warna Ekspressi features such Balinese artists as I Ketut Lekkung Sugantika, Doho Erlina, I Gede Sudarma, Ketut Mastrum, Wayan Sujana Suklu, I Wayan Suastama, I Made Suta Kesuma, I Made Artayasa, Wayan Suja, Ni Nyoman Sani, I Nyoman sujana, I Putu Sudiana and Made Duatmika.
Sun, 26 Nov 2000, 00:00 WIB
Ramadhan time for Jakarta
Ramadhan time for Jakarta Sunday Imsak 3:55 a.m.
Sun, 26 Nov 2000, 00:00 WIB
Legal hurdles facing VoIP in RI
Legal hurdles facing VoIP in RI JAKARTA (JP): Adrie Taniwidjaya is a businessman who graduated from the Bandung Institute of Technology. He made Global Net, a Calling Card company providing inexpensive overseas calls. Using Voice over Internet Protocols (VoIP) technology, the customer dials in a local number on his regular phone and is connected to his destination via the Internet.
Sun, 26 Nov 2000, 00:00 WIB
Salatiga's alternative clinic offers friendly service
Salatiga's alternative clinic offers friendly service By Mohammad Yazid SALATIGA, Central Java (JP): To get friendly hospital treatment is every patient's dream. Unfortunately, what they get is not always what they want. There have been reports about some hospitals which demand a deposit before they take care of a patient, especially if the treatment costs a lot and the patient does not seem to have enough money.
Sun, 26 Nov 2000, 00:00 WIB
Another blast rocks Medan, injuring two
Another blast rocks Medan, injuring two MEDAN, North Sumatra (JP): A blast occurred at a house belonging to the chairman of North Sumatra chapter of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) on Jl. Pattimura on Saturday, injuring two people and destroying a bathroom. The two victims, identified as Puja and Samuel Wahyu Damanik, were tenants of the house belonging Rudolf Pardede. Locals said the explosion took place at about 11 a.m. The house is located on the crossroads of Jl.
Sun, 26 Nov 2000, 00:00 WIB
Home Movies
Home Movies JAKARTA (JP): Many films glorify war and tell stories of how heroes are born on the battlefield. In essence, their message seems to be that one side is above the other and thus entitled to kill its adversaries. The other side of the story is presented in films which simply state that war is mindless and every single life is too precious to be sacrificed. The two films reviewed below, along with Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket, will touch all but the most fervent of warmongers.
Sun, 26 Nov 2000, 00:00 WIB
Taipei backs China's Olympic bid, but has to consider co-hosting
Taipei backs China's Olympic bid, but has to consider co-hosting TAIPEI (Agencies): Chinese Taipei gave its support Saturday to China's bid to host the 2008 Summer Olympic Games, but said it is too early to discuss Beijing's invitation to Taipei to co-host the global sporting events. "We'd like to see Beijing win the bid to host the 2008 Olympic Games.
Sun, 26 Nov 2000, 00:00 WIB
'Career Vision' focuses on putting job seekers to work
'Career Vision' focuses on putting job seekers to work Career Vision Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. Host: Charles Bonar Sirait ANteve JAKARTA (JP): Local job seekers now have an alternative to poring over the classifieds in newspapers and sites available on the Internet. Private television station ANteve is offering Career Vision, with information on finding a job which fits.
Sun, 26 Nov 2000, 00:00 WIB
If I want something, I have to get it
If I want something, I have to get it At the age of 17 Zoraya Perucha won a gold medal in the 1974 Asian swimming championships. Instead of pursuing a career as an athlete, she went to the United States to study business management and acting. Returning home eight years later, she acted in a few films. Zoraya, the widow of film director Sjumandjaja, was named best new actress in 1984. She eventually remarried, but that marriage failed.
Sun, 26 Nov 2000, 00:00 WIB
Expert 'struggles' to understand 10 best stories
Expert 'struggles' to understand 10 best stories By Lie Hua JAKARTA (JP): Understanding a short story is a daunting job for many people, including literary experts. Apsanti Djokosujatno of the School of Letters at the University of Indonesia discussed on Nov. 21 the 10 best stories published in Horison, virtually Indonesia's only literary magazine, between 1990 and 2000. The discussion took place at Galeri Cipta II in the Taman Ismail Marzuki arts center in Jakarta.
Sun, 26 Nov 2000, 00:00 WIB
Internet Time: When lunchtime is @250
Internet Time: When lunchtime is @250 By Lim Tri Santosa BANDUNG (JP): If you communicate with people in other parts of the world, you often need to know what time it is in their country. You can calculate the time difference in your head, but this is tedious, especially if the people you deal with are in many different places. The traditional solution to this problem is an array of clocks on the wall, as you'd see in a 'war room', each showing the time in a different location.
Sun, 26 Nov 2000, 00:00 WIB
On the record
On the record Album:Painting It Red (PT Universal Music Indonesia/2000) Artist: The Beautiful South The Beautiful South made British pop history in 1994 when their greatest hits collection, Carry On Up the Charts, went straight to number one, where it stayed for six consecutive weeks. With more than 2.5 million copies sold, the collection became one of the fastest selling UK albums of all time.
Sun, 26 Nov 2000, 00:00 WIB
Advertisers distort women's image to attract consumers
Advertisers distort women's image to attract consumers By Tri Hafiningsih JAKARTA (JP): Sensual girls flash in beer commercials for macho men. A housewife wins her mother-in-law's heart because she washes with cheap but powerful detergent. A wife is embraced by her husband because the laundry detergent she uses does not spoil her hands. A young woman is asked to dinner by a male colleague just six weeks after she started using a skin whitening cream.
Sun, 26 Nov 2000, 00:00 WIB
Sriyanto -- Painting, Drawings and Sketches
Sriyanto -- Painting, Drawings and Sketches Jayakarta Agung Offset, 2000 234 pp Rp 300,000 (soft cover), Rp 400,000 (hardback) JAKARTA (JP): It is normally difficult to see your favorite artist's whole range of works in one place, unless you have the luxury of going to the artist's museum or gallery. Bambang Sriyanto Salamoen, a painter and banker, has found a commendable solution to the problem. He is trying to make his works known to a wider audience by publishing a book.
Sun, 26 Nov 2000, 00:00 WIB
PDI Perjuangan opposes move to challenge Gus Dur
PDI Perjuangan opposes move to challenge Gus Dur JAKARTA (JP): While some of its members are collaborating to challenge the presidency of Abdurrahman Wahid, the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan), as an institution, opposes such a synergy. "PDI Perjuangan will not support the antigovernment demonstrations or the memorandum being prepared by a number of House of Representatives (DPR)/People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) legislators to impeach the President.
Sun, 26 Nov 2000, 00:00 WIB
School's out for the fasting month
School's out for the fasting month With the Ramadhan fasting month beginning on Monday, millions of Indonesian children are in for a long break from school. The Jakarta Post's Rita A. Widiadana, Ida Indawati Khouw, Edith Hartanto and contributor Trihafiningsih examine the pros and cons of keeping children out of school during the holy month. JAKARTA (JP): Sixth grader Anissa is bubbling with excitement. Ramadhan is coming, and with it a school vacation in which she hopes to take things easy.
Sun, 26 Nov 2000, 00:00 WIB
Spotlight
Spotlight Photo G: Children ING BARINGS QUALITY TIME: ING BARINGS employees entertain children at the Bhakti Luhur Foundation in Ciputat, South Jakarta. The company donated Rp 275 million to help educate disabled children. Posing, (from left to right) vice president for corporate finance Paulus Irawan, director Tim Henssen, chief operating officer Albert Luth, country manager and managing director Irwan Habsjah, talk show host Hughes and the company's chief operating officer Turada Lapian.
Sun, 26 Nov 2000, 00:00 WIB
Anwar Ibrahim hospitalized
Anwar Ibrahim hospitalized KUALA LUMPUR (DPA): Malaysia's sacked deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim, who was jailed for 15 years on corruption and sodomy charges, was admitted to a Kuala Lumpur hospital on Saturday for severe back pain, one of his lawyers said. Sankaran Nair, who is among Anwar's nine-member defense team, said Anwar was taken from Sungei Buloh prison and admitted to the state- run Kuala Lumpur General Hospital on Saturday morning. "He was admitted for suspected slipped disc.
Sun, 26 Nov 2000, 00:00 WIB
President Abdurrahman lashes out at Singapore
President Abdurrahman lashes out at Singapore By Budiman Murdiyat SINGAPORE (JP): In a speech likely to cause a new controversy and increase tension in the region, President Abdurrahman Wahid launched here on Saturday a scathing verbal attack on Singapore, saying the country had done nothing but take advantage of Indonesia. Speaking before members of the Indonesian community in Singapore, Abdurrahman said Jakarta had been "manipulated" by the island-nation.
Sun, 26 Nov 2000, 00:00 WIB
Sukun grabs overall title
Sukun grabs overall title SEMARANG (JP): The Sukun table tennis club of Kudus, Central Java, grabbed four of nine individual titles to claim the overall championship at the sixth Gotong Royong Cup Open Table Tennis National Tournament at the Youth Building in Ambarawa, some 30 kilometers south of here. Sukun's four titles were won by Franky in the men's beginner division, Arista in women's cadet, Johan in men's junior and Nur Anis in the men's senior division. Semarang Regent B.
Sun, 26 Nov 2000, 00:00 WIB
A day with a zookeeper at Ragunan
A day with a zookeeper at Ragunan Maman A.S., 48, has worked at the Ragunan Zoological Park in South Jakarta for over 17 years. Now head keeper of the zoo's nursery, a rehabilitation and temporary sanctuary, the Bogor native lives among his charges in the care center. In conversation with The Jakarta Post's contributor William Furney. JAKARTA (JP): I'm up until the early hours of the morning, so I don't get out of bed before 9 a.m. Half my house is given over to animals that need a lot of care.
Sun, 26 Nov 2000, 00:00 WIB
Voice over Internet Protocol: Free phone calls via the Net
Voice over Internet Protocol: Free phone calls via the Net By Vishnu K. Mahmud JAKARTA (JP): "Hello?" "Hey, Cap! What's (krrzzk) up?" "Dude, this is a very bad line!!" "Really? I ... trying this (krrzzk) ... net phone!" And thus began my experiment with Internet Telephony, otherwise known as Voice over Internet Protocol. VoIP is an alternative method of calling people over the Net.
Sun, 26 Nov 2000, 00:00 WIB
Ishadi realizes his obsession in TV
Ishadi realizes his obsession in TV By Emmy Fitri Hastuti JAKARTA (JP): Not a new name in television industry, Ishadi Soetopo Kartosapoetro first gained his reputation as resourceful and creative bureaucrat when heading state-owned television station TVRI's branch in Yogyakarta between 1985 and 1987 by introducing rich local color of the station's programs. For almost three decades he spent most of his career as civil servant, working at the one and only television station, TVRI.
Sun, 26 Nov 2000, 00:00 WIB
Jakarta's youth centers fail to attract young people
Jakarta's youth centers fail to attract young people By Ida Indawati Khouw JAKARTA (JP): So-called youth centers can be found in many strategic places in Jakarta and often on a plots of spacious land. They mainly have sports facilities and halls for teenagers who want to develop their artistic and cultural interests. People may consider that these centers, run by the Jakarta administration, reflect the fact that the authority must be quite friendly towards teenagers.
Sun, 26 Nov 2000, 00:00 WIB
Muslims prepared for the fasting month
Muslims prepared for the fasting month By Mehru Jaffer JAKARTA (JP): All worldly aspects of life will be temporarily renounced by many among the one billion Muslims in the world once the new moon is sighted on the first day of the Holy month of Ramadhan. From Bangladesh to Bosnia, France to Fiji, Muslims will try to tuneup their spiritual life in the hope of becoming better human beings.
Sun, 26 Nov 2000, 00:00 WIB
Sultan wants to assure peaceful transition
Sultan wants to assure peaceful transition By Hartoyo Pratiknyo JAKARTA (JP): If any person alive at present can be said to be living in the shadow of his forbears, Hamnegkubuwono X, ruler of the sultanate of Yogyakarta, certainly qualifies.
Sun, 26 Nov 2000, 00:00 WIB
TV program 'Alternatif' presents long-distance healing
TV program 'Alternatif' presents long-distance healing JAKARTA (JP): Repeating Allahu Akbar (God is Great) over and over, HMA Bijak Bestari, a 'hypermetaphysical expert', was trying to send his energy from the ANteve studios in Jakarta to Heru, an audience member in Surabaya, East Java, who was suffering from a complicated illness. Heru also uttered the same words Allahu Akbar continuously as suggested by the healer.
Sun, 26 Nov 2000, 00:00 WIB
Hughes offers chic outfits for big women
Hughes offers chic outfits for big women By Sri Ramadani JAKARTA (JP): Big is beautiful, said popular TV presenter Dewi Hughes when opening her unique fashion boutique, Big Hughes, in Jakarta last week. Born Desak Made Hughesia Dewi in Tabanan, Bali, to Dewa Made Sumertha and Putu Hermawati, she is comfortable with her "over- sized" figure. "Big women like me can still look chic and trendy with colorful outfits.
Sun, 26 Nov 2000, 00:00 WIB
The War
The War By Sori Siregar My car came to a halt and the driver, Apin, turned off the engine. I got out and walked carefully along the muddy alley so that I would not slip. Three boys were chasing each other toward my direction. Water splashed my pants when the boys run past me. They did not care and kept on chasing one another. A woman craned her neck from a window and shouted to the boys to stop running when someone is walking along the narrow street.
Sun, 26 Nov 2000, 00:00 WIB
The Dog Is Dead So Throw It in The River:
The Dog Is Dead So Throw It in The River: Environmental Politics and Water Pollution in Indonesia -- An East Java Case Study By Anton Lucas with Arief Djati Monash Asia Institute, Australia 2000 152 pp A$25 JAKARTA (JP): The book's title is catchy, taken from the last line of a popular Javanese jingle which was used by then East Java governor Basofi Sudirman to start an environmental campaign in Surabaya in 1994.